HeyJaredThe Second Shift
I work with nurses who can calm a family, catch a mistake, and keep moving on three hours of sleep, but are one more "you are so strong" away from coming undone. If your whole life has become one long emergency response, you belong here.
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9:40 PM - The Cupcake Story: E#17 (opens the original)
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It is 9:40 at night. You are standing at the stove after one of the worst shifts in a long time, baking cupcakes for your daughter’s class party tomorrow. You were short-staffed from the first hour. Lunch was a cracker from the nutrition pantry. As the batter goes into the pan, the questions pour in. Is there a way to pay my bills on a schedule that does not leave me baking at ten o’clock at night? Is there a version of my life where I actually get to be at that party?This episode stays at the s
The Quiet Shore: M#4 (opens the original)
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A grounding meditation for whatever hour finds you tired. A path leads to a still lake. That image stays with you the whole time, one place to return to, breath by breath. Take it in the middle of a hard day. Take it at the end of one. Either way, you become centered and grounded, setting the weight of what you carry down - even for a moment. Subscribe nowThis session is provided for all to experience the full-length meditation session. If you are a free subscriber, consider upgrading to
One Degree of Change: E#16 (opens the original)
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The episode opens with a question that sits underneath the whole story: does change have to be dramatic to count? Two options are laid out, ones every nurse eventually faces. Option one is leaving today with no real plan. Option two is building a plan that lets you decide how you experience nursing. Most nurses would choose option two, not because it is safer, but because it makes room for a family, for financial obligations, for a life that has to keep running while the change happens.The story
How Do You Want to Experience Nursing Now? E15 (opens the original)
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Leaving nursing can seem like the obvious answer when exhaustion, stress, schedule, and changing priorities begin to collide.But sometimes the problem is not nursing.Sometimes the problem is that the way nursing is being experienced no longer fits the person who has grown through years of doing it.A nursing career changes more than a résumé. Bedside practice, leadership, education, advanced practice, specialization, mentorship, advocacy, and countless difficult decisions shape how a nurse thinks
The Late School Bus (opens the original)
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It’s 6:10 in the morning. You are rushing around the house, getting the kids ready for school, getting yourself ready for work. It is not an unusual day, but the stress is how the day begins.You get to the bus stop, and the bus is late again. That means you are going to be late for work. Again! This one event now owns the day.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yafd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s
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